The World of Apples

Apple varieties, France

Doux Normandie

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:

Originated in Normandy, France. A bittersweet variety. Fruits produce a sweet, perfumed juice. Trees are vigorous.

Sources

  1. Doux Normandie (accession 1989 - 078), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid october).
  2. Ploidy level (descriptor 115159), study MALUS.PLOIDYDETERMINATION.2008, USDA Agricultural Research Service, GRIN-Global, 2008. Supports: its ploidy, diploid, measured by flow cytometry on accession PI 589667 of the USDA apple collection at Geneva, New York.